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Denyse O'Leary
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October 3, 2021
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Extraterrestrial life, Intelligent Design, Origin Of Life
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At Mind Matters News: Could advanced aliens have fine-tuned Earth for life?

Denyse O'Leary
October 3, 2021
Extraterrestrial life, Intelligent Design, Origin Of Life
As Robert Marks, Ola Hössjer, and Daniel Díaz discuss, some prominent atheists/agnostics have chosen to substitute advanced extraterrestrials for God. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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October 2, 2021
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Intelligent Design, Mind, Naturalism
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At Mind Matters News: Leading astronomer gets it all wrong about free will and destiny

Denyse O'Leary
October 2, 2021
Intelligent Design, Mind, Naturalism
In response to Harvard astronomer Avi Loeb denying free will and all that, neurosurgeon Michael Egnor points out, “Logic and reason aren’t laws of physics and therefore they transcend physical properties.” Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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October 2, 2021
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Genetics, Human evolution, Intelligent Design
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On the preprint server: Human micro proteins that sprang from nothing

Denyse O'Leary
October 2, 2021
Genetics, Human evolution, Intelligent Design
Researchers: " Given their short length it is plausible that some of these functional microproteins have recently originated entirely de novo from non-coding sequence. Here we test the possibility that de novo gene birth can produce microproteins that are functional 'out-of-the-box'. " So is everybody a creationist now but some people are in denial about it? Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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October 1, 2021
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'Junk DNA', Intelligent Design
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Another job for “junk DNA”: Killing cancer in blind mole rats

Denyse O'Leary
October 1, 2021
'Junk DNA', Intelligent Design
Researcher: “The paper describes an important new mechanistic insight into the way one can trigger inflammatory signals in cancer cells to either kill them directly or make them vulnerable to cancer-killing therapies,” says cancer biologist Stephen Baylin of Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, who was not involved in the research. “The importance of it is really quite profound.” Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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October 1, 2021
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Intelligent Design, Plants
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Researchers say they have a “precise estimate” for the time of origin of photosynthesis

Denyse O'Leary
October 1, 2021
Intelligent Design, Plants
Botanist Margaret Helder writes to comment “The point to reflect on is what all those heterotrophs did for food prior to the appearance of the autotrophs. Any organic molecules in the environment would be quickly digested if there were only organisms around with no capacity to reduce carbon.” Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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October 1, 2021
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Evolution, Intelligent Design
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Michael Behe on extreme devolution: “Gnawing off a leg”

Denyse O'Leary
October 1, 2021
Evolution, Intelligent Design
Behe: Like tusks to elephants, the proteins are presumably useful to the parasite, other things being equal. But when the environment changes and the proteins become a net drawback, the quickest evolutionary solution is to get rid of them. That’s an interesting fact of biology and can be medically important. However, it’s important to note that it’s just one more example of devolution — the beneficial loss of genetic information. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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October 1, 2021
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Intelligent Design, Philosophy, Science
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At Mind Matters News: 6. Is Matt Dillahunty using science as a crutch for his atheism?

Denyse O'Leary
October 1, 2021
Intelligent Design, Philosophy, Science
That’s neurosurgeon Michael Egnor’s accusation in this third part of the debate, which features continued discussion of singularities, where conventional “laws of nature” break down. Read More ›